[cs]REC: Interventional Cardiology[/cs] is now indexed in PubMed Central, the ultimate indexing

The primary and essential objective of a scientific publication is to disseminate knowledge and serve as a forum for researchers to communicate their studies. Alongside original research, however, scientific journals also publish other content with a more formative aim, such as reviews, consensus documents or recommendations from scientific societies, and case reports of particular interest. Regardless of its quality, all journal content requires exposure and visibility to reach interested readers anywhere in the world. Therefore indexing in publicly accessible databases is critical for journals to achieve their basic mission. Among all such databases, the most relevant one in the field of biomedical publishing is PubMed. Developed by the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, PubMed is a free, open-access repository containing millions of bibliographic references and abstracts of biomedical research articles. The presence of a biomedical journal in PubMed increases its visibility and dissemination, acting as a showcase for researchers and health professionals worldwide. Over its 7 years of publication, REC: Interventional Cardiology has achieved several important indexations. Nonetheless, our authors often expressed disappointment at not seeing their articles included in PubMed (figure 1). This limitation may even have discouraged some researchers from submitting their manuscripts since...